Award-winning stage director, educator, playwright and Amarilloan King Hill has written what promises to be another Amazon best-seller, “Secrets: Playing with Fire.” Hill will be having a book signing event at Roaster’s Tea & Coffee at 1818 S. Georgia in Amarillo, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13.
The exciting novel will be the third and last of a trilogy involving young Dax Donovan, a West Texas boy who has athletic skills but dreams to go in another most unlikely direction in the 1960s-1970s, after prodding from his dance teacher and dares from his friends. “Though the names have been changed, the characters are real,” said Hill, adding that he is represented as Dax in the stories.
It was a time when “boys were boys and girls were girls,” down to the classes they chose, clothes that they wore and careers they chose. And being a ballet dancer wasn’t very high on the list for careers for boys.
But young Dax (aka King) was excited about the challenge of becoming a professional dancer in the world of ballet, despite the odds. And his strength and physique helped make up for lack of training.